“I live for fur. I worship fur.” This memorable quote is from the character Cruella de Vil from the cartoon ‘101 Dalmatians’ overseas data (1961). A personifi version of this Cruella de Vil is currently being target on social mia. The reason is a photo that Melissa Bachman recently publish of herself on Twitter.
Bachman is a ‘Hardcore
Huntress’ and in the photo she poses with a lion she shot. She caption her photo: “An incrible day hunting in South Africa! Stalk inside 60 yards on this beautiful male lion … what a hunt!” But, cats rule the internet . that the entire internet is falling over her misdes.
In 2011, Bob Parsons , the former CEO of GoDaddy , suffer a similar fate. In his attempt to help poor Zimbabwean farmers whose land was being trampl by a herd of elephants, he was forc to shoot an elephant. The vacation video he post of the slaughter at the time caus quite a stir. Animal rights organization PETA award Parson the ” Scummiest CEO of the Year Award ” .It is therefore not
Imagine. You are a famous
Dutch person. You want to do something good for the Philippines and come up with a fun action. You give caseno email list 1 euro for every new follower or fan. Cool, right? A day later you have 250,000 new followers and you are being massively criticiz. It happen to Trijntje Oosterhuis. What does this say about mismatch between supply and demand our online behavior, especially on social mia? Welcome to the era where digital fame and public stoning are just a status update away from each other.